Receptacle.



M. KERWIGK. REGEPTAOLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1909.

972,456. Patented 0ct.11,1910.

MORGAN KERWICK, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

RECEPTACLE.

To all whom it may 00 Iwcrn:

Be it known that I, MORGAN KERWIGK, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Receptacles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a receptacle which will remain unlocked andwhich may therefore be readily opened so long as it is empty, but whichlooks itself automatically when closed after being filled.

The object of my invention specifically is to provide a receptacle formilk in bottles or other vessels, which may either be built into housesand refrigerators or apart therefrom, and which will lock automaticallyupon being closed after the bottles or other vessels containing the milkhave been deposited in it, thereby removing the milk from liability tothe depredations of animals or thieves. My new receptacles, when builtinto houses or large refrigerators are so constructed that the contentsmay be removed indoors from the rear end of the receptacle.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective of my new receptacle, open.Fig. 2 is a section, open. Fig. 3 is a section, with the upper partbroken away, closed and locked. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section with theupper part broken away, showing the locking mechanism. Fig. 5 is amodification of my invention showing construction when contents are tobe removed from front of receptacle.

The numeral 1 indicates a rectangular frame constructed of any suitablematerial, preferably of sheet metal, having neither front nor rearsides. The bottom of said frame is constructed separately therefrom, andthe front and rear sides thereof are turned over forming the rectangularflanges 22 inside of the frame 1; the other two sides of said bottom aresimilarly turned over to form the rectangular flanges 33, also insidethe frame 1. Adapted to fit into said frame 1, and to slide therein onthe side flanges 3-3, is the interior frame 4 having the solid top 5 andthe front plate 6 carrying the handle 7 At least one of the sides ofsaid frame should be left open for the deposit of the bottles or othervessels;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 18, 1909.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

Serial No. 513,483.

tom therefor, is the trap 9, the long end of which is constructed ofproper length to clear the front flange 2 when it swings on said axis 8while the receptacle is closed, as shown in Fig. 3. The short end ofsaid trap is provided with a weight 10, to maintain the long end at asuflicient elevation to clear the front flange 2, when the receptacle isempty, and thus permit the receptacle to be opened by drawing out theinterior part 4, by means of the handle 7 for the deposit of the bottlesor other vessels; these are necessarily placed on the long, or front,end of the trap 9, the opposite end being too short for theiraccommodation. When the receptacle is again closed, the weight of thevessels, overbalancing the weight 10, lowers the long end of the trapbelow the front flange 2, thus locking the receptacle. To prevent thelong end of the trap from becoming too much depressed upon the depositof the vessels, I provided the stop or stops 11, suitably located toarrest the short end at the proper point in its upward movement.Suitable stops 12, are also provided to prevent the interior frame 4from being too far drawn out of the outer frame 1. These stops 12 may belocated either at the top or at the sides as shown, or in any otherconvenient place.

The description thus far has related chiefly to a receptacle to be builtinto a house or large refrigerator, where it is to be opened and thecontents removed from the rear. When thus constructed a suitable doormay be readily added to close it from the inside of the house. lVhen itis desired to open the receptacle and remove the contents from thefront, however, a construction similar to that shown in Fig. 5 isemployed, where the front plate 6 carries a hinged door 13, suppliedwith a lock 14, so that when the receptacle is filled, closed, andlocked by the depression of the trap, the contents may be removedthrough the door 13.

Many obvious modifications in the details of construction employing theprinciple above described are Within contemplation in the abovedisclosure and within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let- I ed bottom being adapted to depress when deters Patent,is: I posit is made in said receptacle and the front A receptaclecomprising an outer frame, I of said inner frame is contiguous to saidopen at one end and having an upturned outer frame to prevent theoutward slide of 5 flange on the bottom of said outer frame at saidinner frame by the engagement of said 15 its open end, and an innerframe having a bottom and said upturned flange.

closed front and a bottom pivotally mounted B/IORGAN KERWICK. near therear of said inner frame said inner itnesses:

frame being adapted to slide in and outof R. P. HARGITT,

10 said outer frame, and said pivotally mount- EARL W. GRIFFIN.

